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<p>
QueryScript Expressions: conditional truth values
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<h3>SYNOPSIS</h3>
<p>
<blockquote><pre>while(expression)
{
  if (expression)
    statement;
}
</pre></blockquote>
</p>

<h3>DESCRIPTION</h3>
<p> 
<i>Expressions</i> are truth valued clauses. QueryScript accepts any valid SQL expression,
and adds additional particular cases. 
</p>
<p>
Expressions are used by flow control structures: <a href="query_script_if_else.html">if-else</a>,
<a href="query_script_while.html">while</a>,
<a href="query_script_loop_while.html">loop-while</a>.
</p>
<p>
<h4>Standard SQL expressions</h4>
<p>
Any expression on which <strong>SELECT <i>expression</i> IS TRUE</strong> can be used as
a QueryScript expression. The following are examples of valid expressions:
<ul>
	<li>TRUE</li>
	<li>NULL</li>
	<li>0</li>
	<li>4 &lt; 5</li>
	<li>@x &lt; 5</li>
	<li>(@x = 5) OR (COALESCE(@y, @z) BETWEEN 10 AND 20)</li>
	<li>@n IN (SELECT name FROM world.City)</li>
	<li>SELECT COUNT(*) > 100 FROM world.Country WHERE Continent='Africa'</li>
</ul>
</p>

<h4>QueryScript valid expressions</h4>
<p>
In addition to any standard SQL expression, QueryScript also acknowledges the following 
statements as valid expressions:
<ul>
	<li>INSERT [IGNORE]</li>
	<li>INSERT .. ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE</li>
	<li>UPDATE [IGNORE]</li>
	<li>DELETE [IGNORE]</li>
	<li>REPLACE</li>
</ul>
An expression in the above form is considered to hold a <strong>TRUE</strong> value, when the
number of rows affected by the DML query is non-zero. In particular, the value of
<a href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/information-functions.html#function_row-count"><strong>ROW_COUNT()</strong></a>
is examined.
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<p>
For example, consider the following:
<blockquote><pre>
mysql&gt; DELETE FROM world.Country WHERE Continent='flatlandia'
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
</pre></blockquote>
The above query does not actually delete any row; hence its truth value is <strong>FALSE</strong>.
</p>

<p>
Notes:
<ul>
	<li>A standard <strong>INSERT</strong> makes no sense to use, since it will either succeed (resolving to <strong>TRUE</strong>)
		or completely fail, aborting the evaluation. It only makes sense to use <strong>INSERT IGNORE</strong> or 
		<strong>INSERT .. ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE</strong>.</li>
	<li><strong>REPLACE</strong> always succeeds, and so will always resolve to <strong>TRUE</strong>. It is included for completeness.</li>
</ul>
</p>

<p>
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<h3>EXAMPLES</h3>
<p>
<strong>DELETE</strong> statement as <i>expression</i>; delete all 'Asia' records in small chunks:
<blockquote><pre>
while (DELETE FROM world.Country WHERE Continent = 'Asia' LIMIT 10)
{
  do sleep(1);
}
</pre></blockquote>
</p>

<p>
<strong>SELECT</strong> and <strong>INSERT</strong> statements as <i>expressions</i>:
<blockquote><pre>
if (SELECT COUNT(*) > 0 FROM world.Country WHERE Continent = 'Atlantis')
{ 
  INSERT INTO weird_logs VALUES ('Have found countries in Atlantis');
  if (DELETE FROM world.Country WHERE Continent = 'Atlantis')
    INSERT INTO weird_logs VALUES ('And now they''re gone');
}
</pre></blockquote>
</p>

<p>
Simple arithmetic expression: generate Fibonacci sequence:
<blockquote><pre>
var $n1, $n2, $n3, $seq;
set $n1 := 1, $n2 := 0, $n3 := NULL;
set $seq := '';

loop
{
  set $n3 := $n1 + $n2;
  set $n1 := $n2;
  set $n2 := $n3;
  set $seq := CONCAT($seq, $n3, ', ');
}
while ($n3 < 100);

SELECT $seq AS fibonacci_numbers;

+---------------------------------------------+
| fibonacci_numbers                           |
+---------------------------------------------+
| 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144,  |
+---------------------------------------------+
</pre></blockquote>
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<h3>SEE ALSO</h3>
<a href="query_script_if_else.html">if-else</a>,
<a href="query_script_while.html">while</a>,
<a href="query_script_loop_while.html">loop-while</a>

<h3>AUTHOR</h3>
Shlomi Noach


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